I won this book recently in a Goodreads giveaway. The Ark is a science fiction story by a fairly new author named Thomas Slagle. The story revolves around a group of colonists who are fleeing Earth to potentially colonize a new habitable world. Yes, this type of story has been done over and over but what made Slagle's tale different is that the story is mainly focused on all of the different characters' personal stories rather than the actual journey itself. We get an insight into human behavior and the diversity of the colonists' religious views. So it is a different tact that Slagle takes and for me, it worked. I was reminded of the Canterbury Tales at certain points and frankly I almost forgot that I was reading a science-fiction book. I recommend this to anyone who enjoys sci-fi, but also enjoys good characterization. The back-stories are quite good. Weighing in at 150 pages or so, it will also be a quick read that I think would be a pleasant one for any reader.